Strip-serving device.



E. L. BROWNSON. STRIP SERVING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED F316. 1909.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

JlllllL v Inventor; E aI'ZL.- B1 0wn0n,

with/essaywarren sTATEs r iTENT OFFICE.

1. iainr' L Baowxsox, or 'HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS, iissicnonro NATIONALBINDING momma oonPArr, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION- OFMAINE.

j No. 919,286. f

' T all-whom it mag concern:-

- Be itknown'that 'I, EAiiL'L. BROWN-SON, =a

citiylen of the United States,-and a'resident of Haverhill; in thecounty of Essex and State. of lassachusjetts, have invented anImprovement in Strip-Serving DQViOBSyOf which the following description,in connection with the accompanying drawin s, is a specification; rawngs representing likeinumerals on the like parts. This inventionrelates. to devices for snpplying strips of'paper-orthe like for wrap.-ping-or binding purposes or for use as a label.

.The subject matter of the said invention is substantially disclosed; inthe following lanvguage in my application Serial No. 370,194;

toward the strii), although it will-be 'apparentithat .the-stmp'inay bemoved toward the .'severing device, if. desired-f, 1111 the; type QfItwill be observed that'hereinthe strip is.

severed by movementof the severing device of ithe'inventionshown,'it"wil1 be observe d that the severing mechanism is located intherear of the moisteneri While Tam not to be tion preferable. in certaintypes of theinvem 'Ihisinvention has'partieular reference to:- that typeof; apparatus employing .a support from its 6oil.' 5

tion?" or a roll of paper or-ot-her strip previously gummed upon oneside and then-dried and having means for moistening. 'thegurnmed side ofthestri jasnthelatter -is.withdrawn t is a; arent, however, that anungummedflstrip of ab le material may be emp'lo ed, in which case a'moistening"device for t e strip suitably positioned ("with-respectthereto would con,- .ta1n;an adhesive insteadof'waterk 10. 'tion may bereadily understood, I have. dis

of the. device n order that the. principles of the invent-closed anillustrative embodiment thereof in the accompanying-drawing; wherein-*-F'gure. 1 is a side elevation ofa-stri'p serving apparatus presentingone embodiment of my nvention; and Fig.- 2 is a front elevation shown inFig. 1.- l

- The paperor other nni'terial, the form of a roll and i preferab ypreviously gummed upon one side,

.is indicated at -1,' i-t' ein mounted and suitably tensioned in anysuite le'manner, as, for -exampie,-within a speeificationofiiettersPatent. a u ationmearemm6,11909. senma 476,413.

- paper or other suitstri v d-ra by theoperator, :the strip is deflectedto y one side 0f the service ath andherein up-f.

referably in Patented April '20,- 1909.

cross piece 4 and preferably removable lat- .j'erally or if desiredremovable through the opening 5"v in y the front of the casing;

Mounted within the tank or reservoir 3 is any suitable moisturecontaining device,

herein represented as a roll 5 provided with 1 an absorbent covering andreceiving moisture suitable manner, as for example, from in an bsorbentroll 6 likewise mounted in said the-a tank or reservoirbelow and incontact with the roll 5. In advance of the moistener 6 and preferablyabove and if desired oii'set from the service path dfthe strip 7 is asev-- ering blade 8 preferably fixed and'snitab'ly secured to the casing2. i

My invention comprehends means tohold thestrip iii-moisture receivingrelation to the mcistener; i. e. to hold thestrlp down onto 7 the upperfaceof the moistener 5. P Such means, 1n this type-of my invention, "isshown ---as'a'rol1er '9 above and closely adj acen't "the moistener andof any suitable diameter."

Any-other suitable device may be employed so orig as'it is arranged tohold 'the-stfip down onto the upper surface of the moistener -a't ailtimes with preferably a limited 0011- tact, that -is, during the'periods of rest as we'ilas during the serving and severing opera tionssothat the strip is never normally free from'the moisten'er, I-fdesired,the presser may be anon-rotary bar or other member serving to press thestrip into efiective moistenin'g engagement with the .im'oistener 5.

Said 'presser acts also to guide the strip in its service 4 has been,suit'ably'served, and herein by wardfagainst the edge 0 the bladeorknife 8. While'the-s'evering bla'de, ;is-shovm as rig-id with the casingupon which itas mpianted, a; 'bladedmving capacity for movement uron thecasing may be employedxbut prefers. a blade is used. i

eblade 3 is 'here s'hown-in advance and above the molstener, and thu'sisspaced from:

the service gathxof' the's'trip so as to require path. After; the'desired length of thestrip for-severing. V v

therewith may serve to impair the adhesive.

Devices of this general character are quite commonly used in stores andthe like for occasional sealing of packages (meaning by occasionaluse,such use as is not constant and where the device is permitted tostand for considerable intervals of ,time in disuse), and they are alsoemployed commonly in establishments where the use is substantiallyconstant, one length after another being drawn from the machine andsevered, as, for example, in the sealing or securing of wrap er's aboutpackages of. paper in paper mills W ere r the devices are in continualuse throughout the day with few, if any, substantial inter vals ofdisuse intervening. i

In devices of the general character such as first above mentioned, ithas been considered desirable to maintain the free end of the paper rollor coil free from contact with the moistenerduring the intervals whenthe de-v viceis not in use, in orderthat the coating of adhesive uponthat side of the paper next to the moistener should not be impaired orlost by continued contact with the moistener; and

also to prevent the permeation of the strip itself by the moisture,which would weaken it and render it liable to breakage when next drawnupon for use. In devices for such use, it 'has therefore been common toprovide a spring actuated or equivalent lifter or means for normallylifting the strip from contact with the moistener, the construction andarrangement bein such that when the strip is seized and is -led forwardfor use, the spring lifter or means will yield to permit the strip to befirst drawn down upon the moistener, whereby in the further travel ofthe strip its adhesive surface will be moistenedby co'n- An objection toa tact with said moistener. machine of this type when in constant usehas been that the movement or travel of the strip necessary to draw itforward and dgwnward into contact with the moistener and which precedesthe eflective moistening of the strip involves a waste of time and also.of strip length, which, when considered alone or when added to the usualdried length of strip which was left from the previous useprojecting'beyond the moistener, has involved such waste as to make itundesirable to use in such manner.

For the second of the above mentioned uses, namely, where the device isemployed without substantial interruption, there is not suiiicientinterval betwe the use of one strip and the next for the protruding endleft upon the machine and moistened by the preceding draft upon thestrip to become dried, one use following another in rapid succession,and I have found that when so continuously used, it is unnecessary toremove the strip end normally from contact with the moistener; in fact,I have found that the adhesive quality and strength of the stripare notin the least impaired if permitted to remain constantly in contact withthe moistener. When so used continuously, it is important that themachine be so constructed as to leave the strip end in positionfor'readyseizure for guidance and draft, and this is best accomplished by leavingthe strip end projectinginto space and free from any adjacent surfacewhich would either interfere with ready seizureof the strip end, orwhich by contact with the moistened adhesive thereon would tend toremove any of the adhesive either during the short intervals of disuseor when the strip is'drawn upon for use. I have therefore in' the devicehere illustrated provided means as the presser 9 located above and ifdesired slightly forward of the median line of the moistener 5, tomaintain a most effective, constant and normal contact of the adhesiveface of the strip,

with the moistener. The severing device or eutten I have arranged at oneside of the normal service path of sa1d strip, herein above the same, soas to be entirely free and clear of the strip and leave the rojectingend of the latter standing outwafd in space and free to be seizedbetweenthe fingers for read guidance or withdrawal for use, the strip beingdeflected to one side for engagement with the severing device when thestrip is to be severed, the remaining ,end then springing downward'intoprojecting position for seizure. The distance of the severing deviceabove the service path of the strip will, of course, determine tprojects forward for seizure and may be ad Justcd or varied. to suit theindividual referencc. My invention therefore provi es a machineespecially adaptedfor frequent or constant use. It is clear that thereis absolutely no loss either of time or strip in the use of themachinehe'rein shown, for the projecting end of the strip is alreadymoistened, and each increment of forward draft upon the strip isefiective for moistening a corresponding additional length of thestrip,which is not the case where the lifter requires-first to bedepressed by draft upon the strip be.

fore the; latter is brought into effective engagement with theinoistener; and furthermore in the machine here shown the projecting endof the strip is not pressed upon or drawn into contact with any metallicor othcr surface which would tend to remove.

any of the moistened adhesive or to cause the e lengthof the end whichits strip to adhere thereto. My invention there or reservoir in saidcasing and adapted to be I :path of the strip and in .advance of the'fl'moistener, but adjacent thereto and against WhiQh the strip maybedeflected for-sever- "ranged transversely thereof and in close striproll support, a tank or reservoir,--an'ab-t.

- path of the strip, a fixed severing bladelo and holding it incontacttherewith'during the serving and the severing'operations and.

' strip roll support, a tank or reservolr, an abstrip. may be deflectedfor severance and a 'presser guide above but in close proximity whichthestripmay be deflected forsever- -above said moistener and in advancethereof,

fore provides a machine especially adapted for substantial y constantuse and wl;.ichb1. eliminating all waste of; timei'and materialpossesses many 7 advantages gnot heretofore found in machineszin-th isart as known to me. I

Havingthus described one illustrative embodiment of my inventionfildesire it to be understood that although specific 'terms are employed,they are used in a generic and deal. scriptive sense, and not forpurposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth inthe followingclaims. Y

Claimsfm v 1. A strip serving device. having strip sup- .p iptmgmeans,a'casmg, a'..moistening tankinserted in or withdrawn from said casingthrough an open face thereof, an absorbent, moistener in said tank orreserv0ir,'-a strip] severing blade mounted above the service ance and apresser guide for the strip, are

pro imity to said moistener, arid serving to. old-the body of the stripin contact with the l moistener during the servingand'severing,.operations and after severance.

2. A strip serving device comprising .a'

sorbent moistener operatively related. to said tank or reservoir andlocated in the cated above the moistener-and-in advance thereof, butadjacent thereto and against ance and a presser for directing the freeend of the strip into contact with-the moistener afterseverance.

3. Astrip servingdevice comprising a sorbent moisteneroperatively'related to said tankor reservoir and located in the servicepath of the strip, a severing blade located but adjacent thereto andagainst which the togthe'moistener and under which the strip passesrsaidpresser guide holding the strip in limited contact with themoistenerduring both the serving and the severing. operations and afterseverance.

4. A strip serving device comprising in combination a stripsupport, astrip moistener in juxtaposition thereto, a strip presser above andopposed to said moistener for holding said strip'at-all times ineffective contact with said moistener, thereby to eliminate wasteor'iioss of movement when ance is sit pro serving the latter, anda.severing device to act upon said strip in advance of saidprelsser, andoffset from the service path of the strip,

thereby to require deflection of the strip for severing, whereby theremaining end of the strip .after'severingis left; projecting intospace. f c v v '5. Astrip serving device comprising in combination astri su port, a strip vmoistener in jUXtfiPOSitlOIl t ereto, means abovesa'id moistener to cause said strip to rest nor- 'mally in effectivecontact therewith, thereby to eliminate waste or loss ofmovement andstrip when serving the latter, and a fixed severing device to act uponthe sti i in advance 'ofsaid presser, the free en of the stripafterseverance being left projecting into-space in substantially its servicepath. 6. A strip serving' device'comprising in combination astripsupport, astrip moistener m juxtaposition-"thereto, means to [cause saidstrip to rest normally in effective contact with said 'moistener,thereby to eliminate waste -;or loss-of movement and strip. when servingthelatter, and a strip severing; device in advancejof the moistenerand-constructed and arranged relative to the service path of the stripcause the strip :end after severance to-maintain a position with it'sfree end projected into space in sub? 'stantially its service path.

171A strip -servin g.device comprising in combinationastripsu portfromwhich the strip is adapted to be rawn by draft of the operator, a stripmoistener'in juxtaposition rto said'support, a transverse strip guideand prgsser a ove said, moistener but in close proximity thereto andserving .to maintain cause saidstrip to rest'normally in effectivecontact therewith, thereby to eliminate waste or loss offr'r1ov'ementand strip when serving the latter, anda severing device toact upon the strip in advance of said means,

where'b the free end of the strip after severje'cting into space insubstantially it's-service path.

9. A strip serving device comprising in combination a paper stripsupport, a strip moistener in juxtaposition thereto, apresser above saidmoistener to maintain said strip during-the serving and severingoperations in effective contact with said moistener, In testimonywhereof, I have signed my thereby to eliminate waste or loss of movenameto this specification, in the presence of ment and strip when servingthe latter, and a. twp subscribing witnesses. strip severing device inadvance of the mois- EARL L. BROWNSON.

5 tener and constructed and arranged relative Witnesses: i

to the service path of the strip to compel up- IRVING U. TOWNSEND, warddeflection of the strip for severing. p M. H. LOWRY.

